r/adhdwomen • u/Mamahei2 • 1d ago

General Question/Discussion Do some of y’all have genetic ADHD?

Literally my mom, my sister, my niece, my nephew, and I all have ADHD as well as me and my mom having autism.

Edit: I’m more so talking about ADHD being a dominant trait (at least for my family)

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u/Acrobatic-Aioli9768 1d ago

I mean…how else would you get it?

My dad is definitely the one who passed it down. The symptoms are so obvious with him but he won’t get diagnosed, I don’t even think he knows what it is. He goes through food hyper fixations a lot. I was the first to get diagnosed, then my sister and I’m sure my brother has it too but he doesn’t think so but I can see the signs. I think because he’s really active and he doesn’t have many household responsibilities, his symptoms aren’t as obvious.

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u/ShitJustGotRealAgain 1d ago

I mean…how else would you get it?

Traumatic brain injuries can also cause adhd. So if you had a really bad concussion, you could develop adhd.

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u/Acrobatic-Aioli9768 1d ago

Really?! Wow I didn’t know that